Wage Gap In America

Mrs. Wagner and Mr. Sperry have both worked at Inequality High School for the past 10 years. Each earning their B.A. in teaching at the same university, both teachers teach 10th grade American History. In fact, both teachers have the exact same qualifications. The only difference? Mrs. Wagner makes 79 cents for every dollar Mr. Sperry makes.

The documentary Miss Representation perfectly mirrors my thoughts and opinions regarding the inaccurate representation of women in the media and under-representation of women in influential positions. It was evident to me through my analysis of the documentary and my observations of the portrayal of women in the media that money is the contributing factor of not only the success of women in this country, but it is also our downfall. Money has prevented us from breaking down the barriers between women and the rest of society which has led to the media stereotyping women and undermining our abilities. Men aren’t subjected to the same criticism that women are in the workplace, films, television, social media, and their homes. Men have the power and respect in society and it seems that power derives from money.

A recurring theme in classical literature is the treatment of women. In his epics “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey,” the women were objectified. The women were treated as possessions sexually. The society during this time was mainly patriarchal, meaning that the women in the household were expected to be subject to male authority; if they were not submissive, the women would be portrayed as disrespectful. While the treatment of women nowadays is considerably better than during Homer’s time, there are still some aspects that have stayed the same.

In Canada in 1972 the act for "equal justice under law" called Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was passed. Despite the fact that women have contended energetically for fairness with respect to balance in workforce there is far to go. Some of the barriers women faces are lack of education in equality, having to leave work for family and society. This holds them back from being empowered and from reaching the top. Their barriers are stopping them from getting to the top and causes underrepresentation of women.

During the Enlightenment people changed the way they thought of culture and took a scientific approach to almost everything. People began to think critically about what lies around them and started to counter their beliefs with scientific approaches. Everything was not perfect during the Enlightenment, even though many things improved for some; people were still prejudiced towards others. Women were not acknowledged as someone who could be educated or work, while “men had many opportunities: for education, for service in government or diplomacy, for the exercise of political and economic power” (The enlightenment 2). Contrasting the writings of Rousseau and Wollstonecraft we are able to identify how each of them feels towards the treatment of women in society.

America is the land of opportunities...so they say. Throughout history, gender inequalities in the United States have always been prevalent. Surprisingly, many of these inequalities are still experienced today. Out of 144 countries , the World Economic Forum ranks America 45th on their Global Gender Gap Index.

America has her problems with inequality when it comes to women’s social conduct in which they belong in society. Does a women gain importance from being independent and financially competent in society or do women who aren’t a part of the female work force less of a human than her fellow women. The 1950s society was split on the issue of where women actually fit in our society after their liberations in the 1920s with gaining their right to vote, they began to have a voice in society without much progress in the 1940s had the liberation of being working and having a disposable income for the first time in their lives and being told you need to be in the home with the children this created a tremor before the feminist earthquake. Two major theories that abide with women’s rights these are functionalism and feminism. The first theory is functionalism this discusses what the roles of women in 1950s society.

“Present at least two different sociological approaches to social inequality and discuss these approaches with reference to a concrete problem area of contemporary relevance”. This essay examines the sociology regarding gender inequality, more precisely the problem area; working-women are in the lowest-wage jobs and make less than men working the same job, although there is a decrease in the wage gap in industrialized countries. Seen as unequal to men, due to the norm that women in history have taken care of the household and men have provided by working. Even though several countries have been headed by a woman (Denmark, Germany) women do not share the same job positions as men on a global scale. Men is seen as the higher class, better skilled

America has her problems with inequality when it comes to women’s social conduct in which they belong in society. Does a women gain importance from being independent and financially competent in society or do women who aren’t a part of the female work force less of a human than her fellow women. The 1950s society was split on the issue of where women actually fit in our society after their liberations in the 1920s with gaining their right to vote, they began to have a voice in society without much progress in the 1940s had the liberation of being working and having a disposable income for the first time in their lives and being told you need to be in the home with the children this created a tremor before the feminist earthquake. Two major theories that abide with women’s rights these are functionalism and feminism. The first theory inhibits functionalism this discusses what the roles of women in 1950s society.

After reading Shiela Jeffries Chapter 6 on Women Friendship and Lesbianism, I felt as though I was reading something out of a Shakespeare play. The chapter had all the trademarks of a tragedy gone array, full of confusion. It’s understand that men could or would understand the complex nature of the relationship between women. While I was quite taken back by the chapter where the writer described her “inclination to hang myself oftener than once with the last month”. It is difficult for any outsider to understand the closeness, bond or friendship that exist between gender and race.

Inequality is a very large issue today in America and is something often swept under the rug and covered up with media's headlines and distractions. If we could just momentarily rewind and go back to the early 1920s where our unemployment rate reached an astronomical height briefly reaching an exceedingly high rate at 11%, however, future president Herbert Hoover, however, current commerce in secretary convincingly convinced major industrial leaders to voluntarily increase wages and production in order to help out this drowning economy. As the economy grew due to an increase in wages and production it, unfortunately, crashed again during The Great Crash in 1929.During this time since less than 1% of any American people owned any stock, Treasury